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Other Compilations
1980 1980 The Very Best Of (K-Tel) - 100,000
1982 none Love Songs (TV Records)
1990 none To Be Continued
1992 none Rare Masters

Total Shipments - 9,940,000

However we know from end of year sales that he sold over 10 million from 1984-2004 alone.

The usual problems with the BPI. Nothing certified pre-1973. Many 70's and 80's releases not updated. Best example is Greatest Hits last certified in 1975. More recent releases do seem more up to date.

Hope to add some actual sales info from 1984 onwards to this post soon.

I couldn't find a certification for The Lion King which is strange.

One further certification is the Pickwick album - Elton Live - a double album comprising 17-11-70 with Here and There. Released in 1978, it was certified in 1979 with a shipment of 120,000.

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» 04-01-06, 20:27

Hi everybody,

when you talk of shipment you talk of minimum shipment, as it represent the certification of a cd/album (ex: for Us gold is 500.000), not the total real shipped sales (that can be 890,000 or whatever until the next step, 1000000 for platinum).
So, a total of shipment in this way if it is not real or realistic(due also to most 70's and 80's album not certified) and has no sense, in my opinion.

Second point:
i think that BILLY JOEL certifications have a contrary problem than elton's. They are too big (see for example sales for Greatest Hits I&II) seeing the soundscan figures.
I can clearly see that they are not realistic, probably a move from the record company.

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» 04-01-06, 20:42

Originally Posted by lucad

Hi everybody,

when you talk of shipment you talk of minimum shipment, as it represent the certification of a cd/album (ex: for Us gold is 500.000), not the total real shipped sales (that can be 890,000 or whatever until the next step, 1000000 for platinum).
So, a total of shipment in this way if it is not real or realistic(due also to most 70's and 80's album not certified) and has no sense, in my opinion.

Second point:
i think that BILLY JOEL certifications have a contrary problem than elton's. They are too big (see for example sales for Greatest Hits I&II) seeing the soundscan figures.
I can clearly see that they are not realistic, probably a move from the record company.

The use of shipments is that they are provable audited figures - they are not estimates or guesses.

Of course many of Elton's albums have sold more than their "shipment" figure. We don't have anything better.

Billy Joel's shipments are not too big - they are audited like anyone else's.

Three more that you didn't mention in the US list:Very Best Of 162,000England's Rose 62,000Live At The Ritz-Exclusive-007 38,000

I know the above numbers don't add up to the "missing" 2 million, but please bear in mind, the 24 million figure I posted in September includes karaoke albums, interview albums and "in the style of" albums (Elton numbers sung by anonymous artists).
Also, a couple of the older albums were released combined, e.g. Tumbleweed/Madman.. which scanned 9,000 copies).

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» 04-01-06, 22:08

SWITZERLAND

Ice on fire 100.000 copies
Sleeping with the past 100.000
The very best of 200.000
The One 100.000
Duets 50.000
The Lion King 50.000
Made in England 50.000
Love songs 100.000
The Big Picture 50.000
Aida 25.000
One night only 25.000
Songs from the west coast 20.000
Greatest Hits 70-02 40.000
Peachtree road 20.000